Inside The Wild Rumors Donald Trump Had An Affair With Tamron Hall

Fidelity has never been one of Donald Trump's strongest suits. In addition to the various indiscretions he committed while married to his first two wives, there have been a number of other rumors linking the controversial politician to other women too. Stormy Daniels is the most well-known example, but Trump also reportedly had a scandalous affair with a Playboy model while his then-fiancée Marla Maples was expecting their daughter, Tiffany Trump. Now, another startling rumor has resurfaced regarding the former president and talk show host Tamron Hall, which journalist J.K. Trotter attempted to unravel in a lengthy Substack article. 

In 2016, during Trump's initial bid for the presidency, murmurs began to swirl that he'd had a relationship with Hall, which resulted in a terminated pregnancy. But jittery news outlets held off on covering the story when they couldn't uncover definitive proof. In 2017, Hall abruptly left NBC. Sources told People and other outlets at the time that she was upset over losing her prime morning slot to incomer Megyn Kelly, but columnist A.J. Benza, formerly of the New York Daily News, begged to differ. On an L.A. radio talk show, citing unnamed sources, Benza claimed there was a plethora of evidence Trump dated Hall in 2012. 

Among other things, he apparently sent her emails gushing "I love you" and allowed her to use his personal discount at Gucci. Thus Hall's departure, Benza suggested, was a face-saving dismissal by the network. "I'm thinking more along the lines of, 'Does NBC want to be embarrassed again?'" he reasoned. "NBC feels a little guilty, looking back at 'The Apprentice' [...] They don't want one more piece of embarrassment." Months later, an anonymous podcaster ran a segment repeating Benza's claims. This got enough traction on the Google algorithm to catch the media's attention, but again, lacking hard evidence, it wasn't widely covered.

Tamron Hall has remained quietly neutral about Donald Trump and the rumors about their romantic relationship. She launched her eponymous talk show, "Tamron Hall," in 2019, which notably covers lifestyle issues rather than politics. Her account on X, formerly known as Twitter, made absolutely no mention of Trump's 2024 presidential campaign or, subsequently, his landslide win. Some might interpret this as a personal rebranding, but A.J. Trotter read slightly more into it. The distancing, he argued on Substack, implies that Hall was made to sign a nondisclosure agreement when she left NBC. 

On another Substack discussing the article, followers dismissed Trotter's "bombshell" as a total dud claiming that the timing was highly sus since it was posted just a week before election day. They also felt that Trump's relationship history should take a back seat to his promises to improve life for average Americans. As one respondent argued, "Funny how these 'cheating' scandals always come out days before an election. [...] I didn't vote for a pastor." Another added, "He maybe, possibly, had an 'affair' (not our marriage not our business) with a reporter before he decided to run for office? Why do we care about this?" 

Trotter hasn't offered any new posts or additional information as of this writing, while the two parties have remained completely schtum too. And, now that the 2024 presidential election is over, the Trump-Hall rumor seems destined to go back to collecting dust, apparently along with the rest of the many scandals surrounding the president-elect.